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wdyasq

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VAWT
« on: May 13, 2005, 02:38:37 AM »
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BrewFasher

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Re: VAWT
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2005, 09:03:19 PM »
Nicely done machine (check out the patents).  I wonder how much the lower blades contribute being so low to the ground.
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pyrocasto

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Re: VAWT
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2005, 10:10:52 PM »
It says they are designed for skyscraper roof tops so I'm guessing they are still going to get plenty of wind.
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Matrix1000

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Re: VAWT
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2005, 11:57:00 PM »
Weird.

Are the blades an airfoil or just a flat piece of steel?
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Ungrounded Lightning Rod

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Re: VAWT
« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2005, 09:19:56 AM »
Where are the patents listed?  Not obvious from the first several places I clicked.
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Re: VAWT
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2005, 09:27:12 AM »
I don't like the rectangular supporting structure in the diagrams.  Little strength against the side force of the wind:  The side beams are loaded in bending and the ground anchors in torsion.  The force concentrates at the corners and becomes enormous, leading to a tendency for the corners to break and act as hinges, the structure to collapse into a parallelogram, and the blades to hit the ground at speed (after complexifying the collapse by gyroscopic action).


It would be fine with an angled reenforcement from the corners to the ground or from top corners to different bottom corners.  But that would either increase the footprint or put guys or other structural members across the wind approaching and leaving the turbine.  (Guys wouldn't be much problem for wind interference but might be noisy.)


I notice that on the prototype they extended the axis and used guy wires from the top.


Other than that it looks fine.

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BrewFasher

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Re: VAWT
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2005, 10:07:16 AM »
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